I've been playing some more...

I really need to be doing my taxes but playing with my stamps and paper is so much more FUN! This is made using the Sale-A-Bration DSP, Ribbon, and the Polka Dot Punches Stamp Set. I bought the tutorial for this cute project from Becky and you can find her blog in the next post down. Hope everyone has a good day. Now, I guess I'll go clean off my table and get the rest of my taxes done.

Big Shot Purse!!!

Isn't this the cutest thing you ever have seen! I am so excited about this little purse. I found the idea for it on Becky's blog. Check out her amazing blog to see where she got the idea and to see othe great projects she has made and some wonderful tutorials she has for sale on how to make them. I used the new Parsian Breeze DSP for my purse, along with Close to Cocoa and Baja Breeze. It takes 2 Top Note die cutes, 1 of the biggest scallop circle die cut and then I used the new circle cutter to make my other circle for the top. I used a Designer brad to finish it off.

Side view of purse.

The box on the inside is 3 1/4" x 1"x 2 1/2". You make it out of a piece of cardstock 5 1/4" x 6". Score it at 1" on both sides lengthwise and a 1" wide score though the middle width ways. You should be able to figure out were to cut your sides in from there and glue to form a box. If you have a BS give a try. It's really a fun little project to make. I'm going to use some of these for Hostess Gifts. Are you watching Sherri & Christi, because some of these are coming your way!!! Have a good day! If you looked at this post earlier in the day to get measurements, I've changed it for the inside box. It's right now. Sorry about that.

Just Buzzin' By

I think this is one of my favorite sets from the new catty! If you click on the picture and make it bigger you can kinda see the little black flowers I put on the card using the Trio Flower Punch. I also layered 3 black circles one on top of the other to add some depth to the little bee. Doesn't he just make you smile to look at him?

February Stamp-a-Stack

These are the projects I had for the ladies to do. Some of the ideas came from my side-lines and some from SCS. We had a total of 34 stampers. Everyone had a good time stamping.
These are the projects my friend who just happens to be a downline of mine had for everyone to make. Thanks for helping me out, Shannon! I thought we had a very good variety for the stampers to choose from.

Valentine card for my Aunt

Hello, sorry I've been gone for awhile, sometimes you just have to take a step back and that's what I did. I've got lots of cards and ideas to share with you in the next couple of days. But DH says I've got to work on taxes today, so I'll just share this one. It's a valentine I made for my Aunt who happens to be crazy about monkeys! When we were little she made sock monkeys for us and for our kids. I got the idea from SCS of course. I think this DSP is the closest thing I have seen when it comes to looking like the real sock monkey (except I should have made his butt red.) It's made using the Candy Lane DSP. Have a nice day everyone and come back and we'll stamp a little longer.

Sad Day

Hey everyone. I'm not having a very good day today. A very close friend of mine died early this morning. I'm going to miss her very much. She was always full of energy and would be the first person to jump in and help anyone that needed it. I know she is in a better place and doesn't hurt anymore, but I still really miss her.

It's been awhile...

View out my window.

I love living in the country!
Lots of snow!
This card is made using the sets A Happy Heart and the little set Sprinkles. The DSP is Raseberry Tart. Love all the SU DS Papers!!!

This card was super easy and used two SAB sets, Congrats and Polka Dot Punches. I just love the Sweet Always DSP! Don't you?

Hey all, sorry it's been awhile since I've posted. We've had about a foot of snow since I last posted. As you can see by the photos. I've posted a couple of cards we made last night at a workshop I had. I've got one more but I can't get it to look right. The battery in my new camera is already dead!!! and I'm not to happy about it! So I'm going to buy a rechargeable one so it won't happen again. Sorry if the pictures are kinda fuzzy. Have a nice day and thanks for stopping by.

Butterfly Blog Award

I received this cute Butterfly Aware from Tiffany over at My Crafty World over a month ago. I'm just now finding the time to get this posted. Tiffany is such a sweetie and just happens to be the #1 Rising Star of this past year. I'm so happy to have her as a sideline. She has an awsome blog so check it out. Thanks for the award Tiffany! and I hope Griffen is doing well.

Ok with that said on to the rules.

1. Pick 10 people and pass the award on to them.

2. Contact them and let them know you have chosen them and their blog for an award.

3. Link back to the person who gave you the award.

The tens blogs below are the ones I have chosen for the award - please check them out - the ladies and their blogs are really great.

Kirsten

Sara

June

Jen

Sara

Anne Marie

Carrie

Pam

Aly

Brandi

There they are. Please take some time and go check them out and see all the wonderful ideas these talented ladies have come up with.

Valentine Fun in a Tin!

I got the idea for the card in a tin from the SU demo website from Catherine Harwood, one of the Valentine class winners. Although it takes awhile to make, it is just so cute and fun to make. I made one for a door prize at my retiring party last week. It's made using the Valentine Bundle. I did sell two of the bundles. The card was pretty much a case from NWstamper's gallery.

Tin opened up.

Close up of some of what's in it.

This is the cute card on a string that is in the tin. I just love it! I got a bunch of the tins from Creative Express.com last year super cheap! You ladies need to check out the Valentine Classes that are on the SU website. There are some really great ones from some talented demonstrators.

New Background

Hey there, what do you think of my new background? I can't believe how easy it was, it didn't even make my head hurt to figure it out and it was FREE! You want one? Click on the link in the upper lefthand corner of my site.

Shoebox Swap Cards from our Christmas Party!

This was Kelly Birrell's card we made and I have to say it was my favorite. Although I don't think I'll be demonstrating it at a workshop (it took forever to make) it was a great card! And I hate birds!!! Right, Kelly?
This was Tonya Steber"s card. I love the color combo! I need to use this set more often.

Lori Smith's card. Love everything about this one. I wish I had got my vines more even at the bottom, but maybe next time.

Amanda Shaffer's card. Great card and I love the black background, it really makes it POP!

Teri Herman's card. Another great card. I love how the sponged Close To Cocoa made the Certanily Celery looked aged. This is another one I'll have to remake. I didn't get my flowers stamped deep enough. May have to repost this one later after I redo mine.

Darla Cummin's card. I love everything about this one too. Love the color combo and the DSP from the Winter Mini. Who would have thought about using it!

Brenda Dellinger's card. Another pretty card. Love the color combo and how she used part of the petals to make the leaves!

This is mine. I love how the ribbon is done on this one. Have to say I got my idea from this talented lady on SCS here: Chrisations.ink
I love her card!

Tiffany Bauer's card. Another great card. Love the paper and the fold on this one.

Teresa Simpson's card. Beautiful card, I just can't get enough of this set! A nice winter card.

Leona Gher. A great card with a unique fold. Love the color combo and everything else about this one!

Inside of Leona's card.

So that's all of them. We had so much fun at Darla's making all these great cards. I am so glad I am in a group of very talented ladies! It was great to get togther with all of them! Can't wait till our next meeting!!!

Happy New Year and alot of catching up to do!

Here is the gift set I made for our hand stamped gift exchange at my upline's Christmas party that we had this past Friday night. I have the greatest and sweetest upline! That's right Darla Cummins you are the best! (even though you stole the gift I wanted) I forgive you. I ended up with Tiffany Bauer's gift that she made which was a really cute picture! and I'll try and post it later, she used the curly label punch to make it. Anyway here's so more pictures of my gift exchange.

Flip Flop Scrapbook using the Hawaii Papaya DSP, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, and Chocolate Chip cardstock. I love these papers!!!

Inside of Flip Flop book. These are really fun and easy to make!

3 x 3 wooden box I altered with the DSP paper and a cute little ornament to go inside. I used the Kiwi Kiss reinker and some white acrylic paint to paint the box before I altered it with the DSP.

Another shot of the little box I altered.

Hey there bloggers, I am so sorry about being gone for so long. Yes I did get my Christmas cards done, all 87 of them! Since I last posted, Christmas, New Years and a Birthday of mine have all gone by. Notice how I slipped that last one in there. We have been doing inventory in little shop I work at (part time) in Palestine, IL for the last week and a half. We still count it all be hand, Willow Tree Angels, Boyd's Bears, Cherished Teddies and other little knick knackie things and I am soooo glad we are DONE!!!Now I've got time to get back to the important things like blogging and STAMPIN'!!! and I got a new Kodak EasyShare Camera for Christmas so please have patience with me while I'm figuring it out. But I love it! Now if I can just get DH to buy me a new printer/scanner/fax I'll be set. Catch you later!

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Remember, Jesus is the true reason for the season!

Christmas Cards!!!

Ok, who all has their Christmas cards done and in the mail? Not me! I've got 10 in the mail and still need to do about aother 70! How many do you usually send out? Seems like the post office is getting more picky all the time. Extra postage for clear envys and now if it's alittle bulky by adding some pretty ribbon it's extra too! Looks like plan and simple is going to get the vote this year. Guess I better go make some. I'll try and get back here and post some of the cards I am sending out in the next couple of days. I'ld love to see what everyone else is sending, if you want to post a link.

The Retired List Is Here!

That's right! The retired list is here, and if you order between now and December 23rd you get 10% off each set.!

Retired List 10% Off

Retired List Numerical Order

But wait!!! there is more!!! All orders of $70 or more including customer and workshop orders will receive FREE shipping!!! I gotta tell you I am loving all these promos that SU has right now!

To be assured of Christmas delivery please place orders before December 16, otherwise merchandise will be delivered after Christmas. Also remember if you order $20 or more you can get one of the sets out of the Fall/Winter Catalog Sampler for 20% off!!! Merry Christmas Everyone!

And Another Craft Fair...

Here's some of the new things I added to this craft fair. I also had some of the things left from the other craft fair that I sold as well. This fair went better. I think people were looking for small gifts and stocking stuffers. Enjoy.


Hot Chocolate Packet Holder

Small matchbox Hershey bar holders. Very simple and looks really cute!

Test tube M&M stocking stuffers.

Reindeer food, CASED from Angie here: http://www.chicnscratch.typepad.com/

I just love her stuff. She is sooo creative!

Votives with SU rub-ons and ribbon.

Blog Award

Look at this cute blog award I got a couple of days ago from a very sweet lady named Jean. Make sure you go and check out her blog. She has some really great work on it, here: http://my-creative-corner.blogspot.com/

Here are the rules for this one:

1. The winner can put the logo on their blog.

2. Link the person you received the award from.

3. Nominate 5 other blog.

4. Put links to those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.

My list:

1. Amy: http://burninrubber-anotherstampblog.blogspot.com/

2. Melissa: http://instampingmode.blogspot.com/
3. Jasmine: http://jazzystamper.blogspot.com/

4. Lindesy: http://stampwithlinz.blogspot.com/

5. Becky: http://inkingidaho.blogspot.com/

There you go!! Make sure you visit these ladies. I know I could list lots more blogs/friends!!! Everyone I visit does such great work. Keep it up girls because you are my inspiration!

Crafty Christmas Stamp-a- Stack Results

They could make a 6 x 6 scrapbook page or a 3 x 6 card. I got this idea from one of the presenters at convention this year. What a great idea. I've used it at a couple of workshops where there are some scrapers and card makers, that way they got to chose. Worked great!

I thought I was coming up with a neat idea for this one until I looked at Stampers Showcase on SU's Demo site. Someone had almost the exact idea, except she had used the scallop circle punch. Oh well, I guess great minds work alike.

These are the other two projects that I had for them to do. The card is pretty much a CASE from the mini. They loved the rub-ons on the candles. I'll try and post the other 8 projects that my downlines did as soon as I have time to make them or they make them for me. We had a total of 46 who came and stamped with us. We charged $1.00 per project which I know some of you think that's too cheap and it is, but everyone had such a good time and for us that's what it's all about. We had another raffle basket to help pay for the room rental and 14 door prizes! Everyone who told us they were coming before had received an extra door prize slip. We had little buckets sitting by the door prizes and they could pick which one they wanted to try and win. We drew at the end of the event. A friend brought some Tastefully Simply samples,(Thanks Sherri!) which were very good, and another brought Tupperware to sell. (Thanks Teresa!) They also brought a door prize and something to put in the Raffle basket.

Crafty Christmas Stamp-a- Stack

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving! Hey what do you all think of SU's Holiday Extravaganza Sale. I think they've got some great stuff on sale. Check out my SU website if you haven't viewed the sale yet. http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/twiladavis/ I need to get off of here and start working on my stuff for our annual Christmas Stamp-a-Stack which is Sunday. I am such a procrastinator. I've got my ideas, just no motivation. Ok, Well check back in a couple of days and see how it went. I think we've got 42 signed up to come so far! That's pretty exciting. Gotta go stamp. Everyone have a nice week-end.

What I'm Thankful For

This time of year makes you really think about what your thankful for, and I've got a lot to be thankful for. Ten years ago my dad had just passed away from Mesatheleoma in September. It was a very hard time for us. The Thanksgiving after he passed away my son who was nineteen kept complaining of his shoulder hurting. He was a skateboarder so we thought he just had landed on it. The pain kept getting worse. I took him to the doctor, couldn't find anything wrong. He wasn't any better by the next week and had a low grade fever he couldn't get rid of and seemed really tired. Back to the doctor, blood work, cortisone shot in the arm and a z-pac. Blood work showed nothing. Back home, a few days later he couldn't walk upright, doubled over, very tired. Back to the doctor, his spleen was swelled up, more blood work. (Shoulder pain was referred pain from the spleen.) Went home to wait for a call. Call came, "get to the hospital ASAP!" Two days later after more tests and an ambulance ride up to Indianapolis, Michael was diagnosed with Leukemia. Got his first chemo treatment on Christmas Eve 1998. (Not exactly what ever 18 year old wants for Christmas.) Ginny our only other child was a perfect match and the following May before she turned 16 she gave her brother a Bone marrow transplant that saved his life. What am I thankful for? Our God that hears and answers prayers, my children, a loving husband, family, my church family, friends, doctors, hospitals, a country where I can chose where we can get hospital treatment, food, shelter, a free country and the men and women who defend her so we can be free. That's what I thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Take care.

Some pictures of a few craft fair items.

These are some of the items I had for sale at the craft show last Friday. I also sold the Hershey bar holders and some of the Tic Tac holders. I used the white stazon to stamp on the clear top of the tins. The designer paper I used was SU Ski Slope, which I LOVE! The round tin at the top is about 3" in diameter and I got them from creativexpress.com. The nugget tins came from specialty bottles.com. And the last picture is of another notebook I did. Notebooks came from Office Max. You can by them in a pack of 4 for around $5.25. The Fresh Cut Notes fit on the front perfect! Well I gotta go get ready for our Crafty Christmas Stamp-A-Stack which is on Sunday afternoon. See everyone later.

Another Craft Fair

I did another craft fair yesterday and this one did not go as well as the Pumpkin Patch. I didn't think there were as many people at this one as there was at it last year. All the other venders agreed with me. I'll try and post some things I sold on Monday. I altered some of the clear tins that hold 12 Hershey nuggets, did some of the little candy bar holders, tins with pepperments, felt flowers, some notebook and pen sets, and some tic tac holders. I'll see if I can get some good pictures this time.

I'm so excited! I got a blog award!

Thanks to Tracy for the Blog Award nomination. Tracy has a great Blog if you want to check it out here: http://stampintracy.blogspot.com/ Now that I figured out how to cut and paste this award on my blog here are my 5 nominations.

1. http://stampinat6213.blogspot.com/

2. http://jill031070.blogspot.com/

3. http://mycraftyworld.blogspot.com/

4. http://didsomeonesaystamp.blogspot.com/

5. http://withflyingcolors.blogspot.com/

The rules that go along with this award are:

1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.

2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.

3. Nominate 5 blogs.

4. Put links to their blogs.

5. Leave a message for you nominees.